Media Recovery Disc

I have a Satellite P305-S8820, running Vista 64. It does not seem to have the ability to create a recovery disc. When I search for "Media Recovery" or "Toshiba Recovery" I get negative results. When I tried to order a recovery disc, entering my serial number and part number, the only choice I have is for Vista 32. Is there any way I can recover my Vista 64 system in case of a failure?

Sure, you can upgrade that computer to Windows 7. Be sure to use the 32-bit version. See my recent post here.
After you restore Windows Vista, follow the instructions.
   How To Manually Upgrade from Vista to Windows 7 - Satellite P300/305
   Toshiba Upgrade Assistant for Windows 7
Your model's downloads are here.
-Jerry

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    I was hoping we could find a download for the Recovery Disc Creator program. Either it or the recovery partition is probably corrupt.
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  • HP Media recovery files missing

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    @TristenLayh ,
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    Thank you again for posting and have a great day.
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    I have the pay monthly HP Smartfriend service.  HP has worked by remote on this computer several times, trying to help me get it back running properly.You may be able to access their records to get information needed to help me .
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    Personally, I would get a 16gig USB thumb drive and put your recovery on it.  It eliminates having to swap disks during recovery and it's easy to store.  I've used mine several times and it's worked perfectly every time.
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  • (Resolved) Windows 8 - Recovery Discs Do Not Work With New Hard Drive

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    Origional Post:
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    BIOS:  Insyde F.26, 2/21/2013
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    BIOS Mode:  UEFI
    SMBIOS Version:  2.7
    RAM:  12GB
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    Hey Joe907, 
    Thanks so much for posting your experience and using the Forum. I came across this thread in my research for another thread. The information you provided helped me confirm my suspicions. 
    I wanted to mention to you, if you want, you can have this post marked as solved by hitting Reply to your original message and just post your update:
    Update:
    I decided to buy drive cloaning software.  I cloned my drive, that resolved the problem of installing the OS on the new drive.  Too bad neither HP's Restore disc's or this support fourm could help with this issue.
    in the Reply and click Post. Then you'll have an "Accept as Solution" button on your second post. Click that "Accept as Solution" button on your second post and the thread will be marked as solved. By being marked as Solved, the thread will be much higher in Google search results and it will more likely to help others. Not sure if you're concerned about it, but you'll also get the credit for authoring a solution.
    Also, I wanted to apologize for the customer service issues you had. I hope that everything is working well with the computer now. Of course, if it's not, let me know. I'll be glad to help in any way I can.  
    Information on the warranty:
    Refurbished computers are often erroneously marked as out of warranty, but it is simple to fix, and a phone representative could have corrected that for you. All computers' warranty start dates begin on the day they leave the factory. HP knows that there will be a period where the computer will sit on a shelf (for days or months) at the retailer. With refurbished computers, their 90-day warranties begin on the day they are refurbished. HP has no way of knowing what date the customer will buy the computer so the warranty start date stays the same until the customer registers the computer providing the date of purchase for the warranty system to be updated. If the registration process fails for some reason (rare, but it happens), phone technical support has a process they can initiate to have the warranty corrected. They only need a copy of the receipt showing the date of purchase. 
    I hope this information helps! Please let me know if you have any questions and thanks again for you post!

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    Since the laptops are the same model-yes, you can use your Recovery Discs on both.
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  • How can I get system recovery discs (mailed and/or burned from laptop)?

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    Hi,
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  • Windows 7 Home premium recovery disc

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    Downloads here.
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